ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΥ, δυσκολου
DYSKOLOU, dyskolou
Sounds Like: DYS-ko-loo
Translations: (of) difficult, (of) hard, (of) troublesome, (of) burdensome
From the root: ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is difficult, hard, or troublesome. It is a compound word formed from the prefix δυσ- (dys-), meaning 'bad' or 'hard', and κόλος (kolos), meaning 'food' or 'fodder', which evolved to mean 'easy to feed' or 'easy to please'. Thus, δυσκολος literally means 'hard to please' or 'hard to satisfy', and by extension, 'difficult' or 'troublesome'. It can be used to describe tasks, situations, or even people who are hard to deal with.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1418 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 2:69
- Book 2 — 6:98
- Book 3 — 1:19
- Book 5 — 1:94
- Book 8 — 8:217
- Book 11 — 5:134
- Book 14 — 9:183
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΑ — difficultly, with difficulty, hard, difficult things, a difficult thing
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΙΣ — (to) difficult, (to) hard, (to) troublesome, (to) harsh
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΝ — difficult, hard, troublesome, a difficult thing
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΟΣ — difficult, hard, troublesome, hard to please, ill-tempered
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΩ — with difficulty, hardly, scarcely, (to) with difficulty
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΩΝ — of difficult things, of hard things, of troublesome things
- ΔΥΣΚΟΛΩΣ — with difficulty, hardly, scarcely
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